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Thursday, March 28, 2013

recipe | nutella banana cookies

Two weeks ago, I got the itch to bake something, ANYTHING! I decided to try out this recipe since I purposely bought two containers of Nutella at Costco to force myself to try recipes which included Nutella. Seriously, I think I have a sickness! I also had ripe bananas that was going to waste pretty soon and was craving some oatmeal cookies, so this recipe hit the spot. I didn't have shortening on hand so I substituted it with butter. I'm not sure if this caused the cookies to be extra soft, although the recipe did mention that these cookies were a lot softer than regular cookies. I will definitely be making these again very soon!

PS. I know my cookies looked like poop but I swear they were delicious! It's evident in the amount that was left in the jar!

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Sift flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Cut in shortening. Beat in mashed ripe bananas and eggs. Mix in oats. With a knife, cut or "slice" Nutella into the batter to create swirls and stripes (this is where I mixed a little too much and made it look like poop). Spoon drops of cookie dough on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Note: Nikki's recipe suggests a buttercream frosting but I didn't make it thinking that the cookies alone would be sweet enough. Give it a try and let me know how it turns out!